She's been attending Jazz Fest for years, first as part of her father Jimmy Buffett's entourage, later on her own as a dedicated fan.

Her first memories of the Fair Grounds are playing - not music, but kid stuff -- backstage at the Acura Stage.

"I was so young, that they're just your basic childhood memories of being backstage at Acura, and my dad playing, and ending up in the Quarter at friends' houses, and going to crawfish boils," Buffett said Sunday morning, a few hours before AXS' 2 p.m. sign-on. "The memories are from so long ago, they're like basic childhood memories of playing in the dirt backstage.

"Once I became a teenager, it was like, 'Wow, this is the coolest thing ever.' Every time my dad played, we would come. At that point, I had a little brother and sister, and we would have a family bus in the back.

"I've always loved music, and I've always loved New Orleans. Once I got into my 20s ... I chose to come to Jazz Fest instead of going to my finals. In college, finals always fall around the same time. 'I can do both, go to Jazz Fest and make it back to all my classes.' That so didn't happen."

Some of what she absorbed attending the festival all those years has made its way into her coverage for AXS. She was here shooting stories throughout the first weekend, and interviewed craft-booth artists, food vendors and attendees (some footage of which is streaming on AXS' slick website.)

"One of the things I made clear to AXS is that I wanted to make this a love letter to Jazz Fest and to New Orleans in particular, since it's such a great city, and I think part of that is exploring the heritage and the culture," she said. "It's so inspirational, and different from other festivals. You talk to the craft people, and they've been here 25 years. The sausage guy, 40 years. And that's what makes Jazz Fest Jazz Fest and New Orleans New Orleans.

"We interviewed some locals yesterday, and I love what this one girl said. 'For locals, the stars of Jazz Fest are the local musicians.' It's so rare. I can't think of any other festival where the city is such a part of the festival, and locals really are the stars.

Reaching 40 million potential viewers, AXS TV has been telecasting throughout the fest's second weekend, combing recorded performances from weekend one with live shows as they happen at the Fair Grounds in weekend two.

Available locally on DirecTV (channel 340), DISH (167), AT&T U-Verse (1106) and Charter Communications on the north shore (check online listings for the channel number in your area), AXS TV is a joint venture between of Mark Cuban, Ryan Seacrest Media, Creative Artists Agency, CBS and Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), a Jazz Fest production partner. On-air hosts for the coverage are Allison Hagendorf and Bob Santelli.

TuneIn Internet radio and WWOZ FM-90.7 are also carrying live Jazz Fest performance coverage.

AXS TV's Sunday (May 5) schedule, all times Central and subject to change:

2:30 p.m. -- Irma Thomas.

3:45 p.m. -- Widespread Panic.

5:30 p.m. -- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue.

7 p.m. -- Maroon 5.

8:30 p.m. -- The Meter Men featuring Zigaboo Modeliste, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter, Jr. with special guest Page McConnell.